Riverbed Hydrologic Exchange Dynamics in a Large Regulated River Reach

Zhou, Tian; Bao, Jie; Huang, Maoyi; Hou, Zhangshuan; Arntzen, Evan; Song, Xuehang; Harding, Samuel F.; Titzler, P. Scott; Ren, Huiying; Murray, Christopher J.; Perkins, William A.; Chen, Xingyuan; Stegen, James C.; Hammond, Glenn E.; Thorne, Paul D.; Zachara, John M.

doi:10.1002/2017wr020508

Title: Riverbed Hydrologic Exchange Dynamics in a Large Regulated River Reach

Journal Article · Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Water Resources Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2017wr020508· OSTI ID:1469658

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Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Hydrologic exchange flux (HEF) is an important hydrologic component in river corridors that includes both bidirectional (hyporheic) and unidirectional (gaining/losing) surface water – groundwater exchanges. Quantifying HEF rates in a large regulated river is difficult due to the large spatial domains, complexity of geomorphologic features and subsurface properties, and the great stage variations created by dam operations at multiple time scales. In this study, we developed a method that combined numerical modeling and field measurements for estimating HEF rates across the river bed in a 7-km long reach of the highly regulated Columbia River. A high-resolution computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling framework was developed and validated by field measurements and other modeling results to characterize the HEF dynamics across the river bed. We found that about 85% of the time from 2008-2014 the river was losing water with an annual average net HEF rates across the river bed (Qz) of -2.3 m³ s^-1 (negative indicating downwelling). June was the only month that the river gained water, with monthly averaged Qz of 0.8 m³ s^-1. We also found that the daily dam operations increased the hourly gross gaining and losing rate over an average year of 8% and 2%, respectively. By investigating the HEF feedbacks at various time scales, we suggest that the dam operations could reduce the HEF at seasonal time scale by decreasing the seasonal flow variations, while also enhance the HEF at sub-daily time scale by generating high frequency discharge variations. These changes could generate significant impacts on biogeochemical processes in the hyporheic zone.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1469658

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1432726; OSTI ID: 1452869

Report Number(s):: SAND2017-2520J; PNNL-SA-123666; 651549

Journal Information:: Water Resources Research, Vol. 54, Issue 4; ISSN 0043-1397

Publisher:: American Geophysical Union (AGU)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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